Palo Alto Networks tackles the risks of autonomous AI agents

AI agent security now has to govern what autonomous software can do, not just what it can say. The shift from chatbots to autonomous agents changes the enterprise risk equation now that agents can access tools, retain information and act without waiting for a human prompt. Palo Alto Networks Inc. is addressing that change through Prisma AIRS integrations designed to inspect agent activity within Google Cloud environments. According to Spencer Thellmann (pictured), principal product manager at Palo Alto Networks, the larger challenge is that the same capabilities making agents useful also create their most consequential vulnerabilities. “We can’t treat agents like a chatbot,” Thellmann said. “Agents are autonomous applications that take action on behalf of users or other…